Should Florida Abolish Daylight Saving Time?

No. The answer is no. Of course, the way the title of this post is worded isn’t leading you to the point I want to make. But it was the shortest way to try. Daylight Saving Time shouldn’t be abolished. It’s the one Floridians like: When clocks go forward an hour so the sun rises around 730am and sets around 8pm (in the summer, at least). But what needs to be ended, never to happen again for ours and future generations, is what happens in November: Setting clocks back an hour which is the annual end of Daylight Saving Time. If you want to leave a legacy for your kids, forget humility, kindness, empathy, faith in God… give them this one gift.

I’ll add a personal anecdote to drive home my point. Other than the fact that you know deep down (this is a safe space, so just admit it!) that something’s wrong when the sunset is at 430pm. One of my dogs, bless her heart, wakes up at 430am to eat breakfast. Wait… bless MY heart. I’m the one suffering here! We can get into “why” and “how” and “what gives!!!” but let’s just not. I don’t have the energy to be shown that it’s actually my fault. Somewhere in our 15 years together I caved and now she demands, nay COMMANDS me to serve her a meal at 430am. So guess what happens when Daylight Saving ends? Now she gets up at 330am for breakfast. AND GUESS WHO WAKES UP TO FEED HER?

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Dogs have no clue what Daylight Saving Time is and they’re right. This should be a stain on American history we only read about in books. Like the Buffalo Bills in the 1990s. Tell me this… how am I going to be able to slowly withhold breakfast a few minutes later each day until we’re back at the normal (still too early, though) time for feeding?

It’s ludicrous. A task only reserved for the elite dog whisperers.

Florida, get your head in the game and make Daylight Saving Time permanent!

-Out of the Wilderness